 The BioWomen Philippines, led me to begin by expressing my immense gratitude to the Department of Foreign Affairs for partnering with us this year to make this anything probably the best event that we've held so far in the Philippines. Over the years, films have been used to inform, entertain, educate and promote the debate. It is in the spirit that IWEN, the UN Migration Agency, has launched a global migration film festival and this is now the biggest migration film festival in the food world. Most of you here tonight are migrants born several hours in the Philippines or in another country. So let us celebrate yourself and your own migration story. Speaking of which, we are particularly proud this evening to showcase Migrate Story Campaign. This evening we are highlighting beautiful stories of real people on the move. With IWEN's Migrate Story Campaign, we are reminded that migrants are already very much apart of our lives. Too often, when we speak of migrants, we find ourselves caught speaking about moments of extreme hardship, caught up in a narrative of a crisis. But today let us also remember the International Migrants Day as a day set offside by the United Nations to celebrate migrants and recognize the overwhelmingly positive contributions that migrants make to society. Here in the Philippines, where many of us continue to be the greatest contributor to the country's GDP, migrants bring innovation and embody entrepreneurial spirit. This year, IWEN has chosen to focus the theme on social pollution and recognition not just of migrants but also of communities in which they can and do for us. The communities that thrive are those that embrace and adapt. IWEN's message this year is whether we are living, working, loving or building, we do so together.